Energy News Digest for April 2, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Army Corps of Engineers Studies Threat of Quakes to Oregon, Southwest Washington Dams (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/04/army_corps_of_engineers_studie.html

FERC Won’t Charge Hydro Licensees for Land Subject to Power Site Reservation – Order sought by eight utilities, including Chelan County & Grant County PUDs (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=212855&issueID=26986

Cloudy Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/cloudy-days-for-a-washington-state-community-solar-effort/

Environmental Group Fights Delay in Marbled Murrelet Habitat Protections (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/environmental-group-fights-delay-in-marbled-murrelet-habitat-protections/

Biorefinery Lays Off Eastern Oregon Workers (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/biorefinery-lays-eastern-oregon-workers

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Army Corps of Engineers Studies Threat of Quakes to Oregon, Southwest Washington Dams
• FERC Won’t Charge Hydro Licensees for Land Subject to Power Site Reservation
• Castle Rock Officials Concerned New Bonneville Power Administration Line Could Hamper Growth
• Puget Sound Energy Sees More, Cheap Gas in Its Future
• Amazon’s Growth Drives up Cost of Seattle Electrical Substation by 48 Percent
• Oregon - Port of Coos Bay Coal-Export Proposal Ends after 18 Months of Work
• EPA to Begin Evaluation of Closed Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant
• Debbie Kitchin Re-Elected to Oregon Energy Trust Position
• Q-and-A: Debbie Kitchin Energized by Board Role
• Wyoming Industrial Siting Council OK’s Seventh Extension in 16 Years for Long-Delayed Power Plant
• Pakistan Attack: Deadly Raid on Peshawar Power Plant
• Japan Moves to Revamp Troubled Power Industry
• Germany: Electricity Exports Much Higher Than Imports Last Year despite Faster Nuclear Exit
• Environmental Group Fights Delay in Marbled Murrelet Habitat Protections
• Fort George Brewery’s Commonsense Approach to the Sea Lion Problem
• Plan for Regional Kitsap County Water Supply Coming True
• Editorial – California: Reservoirs Should Stay in Water Bond
• Lake Erie: Big Algae Problems, More to Come
• Cloudy Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort
• Heavens to BETC: Oregon Sets Hearing On Embattled Incentives Program
• Germany’s Solar-Power Success: Too Much of a Good Thing?
• De-risking Wind: Hedging Against Variability
• U-S Senator Lamar Alexander Still Tilting at Wind Energy
• Combine Home Improvement with Lower Energy Bills in Thurston County
• NASA’s James Hansen Retires to Pursue Climate Fight
• Biorefinery Lays Off Eastern Oregon Workers
• Op/Ed – Oregon Lawmakers Should Extend the Clean Fuels Program
• Comcast Adding Hurdles to Most-Basic Cable-TV Service
• Court Clears Online TV Rebroadcaster
• New Mexico - Navajo Nation Nearing Completion of $46 Million Broadband Project
• Social Media Advice: Are Voicemails Verboten or Not?
• Social Networks: Building Empires, Not Businesses
• Hormel Hopes to Make Spam a Star with Social Media
• Social Marketing Drives a New York Renaissance
• Washington State Governor Proposes Extending Beer Tax to Microbreweries
• North Mason Food Bank Director Resigns
• Flight Attendants Take ‘No Knives on Planes’ Campaign to Passengers
• U-S to Re-Examine Health Effects of Cellphone Radio Waves
• Leaders celebrate San Juan Islands National Monument
• Shelton Drive-In Looking for Help to Keep Shows Running

WORD OF THE DAY

Mellifluous • \mel-LIF-loo-us\ • Adjective - 1: having a smooth rich flow 2: filled with something (as honey) that sweetens

Mellifluous voice

Like sweet honey from heaven

Nat King Cole’s “Stardust”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Army Corps of Engineers Studies Threat of Quakes to Oregon, Southwest Washington Dams (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/04/army_corps_of_engineers_studie.html

FERC Won’t Charge Hydro Licensees for Land Subject to Power Site Reservation – Order sought by eight utilities, including Chelan County & Grant County PUDs (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=212855&issueID=26986

Castle Rock Officials Concerned New Bonneville Power Administration Line Could Hamper Growth (Longview Daily News, WA – What’s a “high speed transmission line?”)

http://tdn.com/news/local/castle-rock-officials-concerned-new-bpa-line-could-hamper-growth/article_fae20714-9b37-11e2-8508-0019bb2963f4.html

Puget Sound Energy Sees More, Cheap Gas in Its Future (South Sound Business Examiner)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/April-2013/PSE-sees-more-cheap-gas-in-its-future/

Amazon’s Growth Drives up Cost of Seattle Electrical Substation by 48 Percent (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/04/amazons-growth-drives-up-cost-of.html

Oregon - Port of Coos Bay Coal-Export Proposal Ends after 18 Months of Work (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/04/port_of_coos_bay_coal-export_p.html

EPA to Begin Evaluation of Closed Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant (The Missoulian, MT)

http://missoulian.com/news/local/epa-to-begin-evaluation-of-closed-columbia-falls-plant/article_9edfe276-9b3f-11e2-85b4-0019bb2963f4.html

Debbie Kitchin Re-Elected to Oregon Energy Trust Position (Portland Business Journal, OR)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/real-estate-daily/2013/04/debbie-kitchin-takes-leadership-role.html

Q-and-A: Debbie Kitchin Energized by Board Role (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/04/q-and-a-debbie-kitchin-energized-by.html

Wyoming Industrial Siting Council OK’s Seventh Extension in 16 Years for Long-Delayed Power Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/wyoming-industrial-siting-council-ok-s-7th-extension-in-16-years-for-long-delayed-power-plant-1.101854

Pakistan Attack: Deadly Raid on Peshawar Power Plant (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21999352

Japan Moves to Revamp Troubled Power Industry (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Japan-moves-to-revamp-troubled-power-industry-4401851.php

Germany: Electricity Exports Much Higher Than Imports Last Year despite Faster Nuclear Exit (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/germany-electricity-exports-much-higher-than-imports-last-year-despite-faster-nuclear-exit-1.102179

FISH & WILDLIFE

Environmental Group Fights Delay in Marbled Murrelet Habitat Protections (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/environmental-group-fights-delay-in-marbled-murrelet-habitat-protections/

Fort George Brewery’s Commonsense Approach to the Sea Lion Problem (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/beer/index.ssf/2013/04/fort_georges_commonsense_appro.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Plan for Regional Kitsap County Water Supply Coming True (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/apr/01/plan-for-regional-water-supply-coming-true/

Editorial – California: Reservoirs Should Stay in Water Bond (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/02/5308955/dan-walters-reservoirs-should.html

Lake Erie: Big Algae Problems, More to Come (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0402/Lake-Erie-big-algae-problems-more-to-come

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Cloudy Days for a Washington-State Community Solar Effort (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/article/cloudy-days-for-a-washington-state-community-solar-effort/

Heavens to BETC: Oregon Sets Hearing On Embattled Incentives Program (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/04/heavens-to-betc-state-sets-hearing-on.html

Germany’s Solar-Power Success: Too Much of a Good Thing? (Grist Online)

http://grist.org/business-technology/germanys-solar-power-success-too-much-of-a-good-thing/

De-risking Wind: Hedging Against Variability (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/04/de-risking-wind-hedging-against-variability?cmpid=rss

U-S Senator Lamar Alexander Still Tilting at Wind Energy - TVA, other utilities committed, despite war on subsidies (The Tennessean, Nashville)

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130401/NEWS11/304010040/Sen-Lamar-Alexander-still-tilting-wind-energy

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Combine Home Improvement with Lower Energy Bills in Thurston County (Thurston Talk, Olympia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/04/01/combine-home-improvement-with-lower-energy-bills-in-thurston-county/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

NASA’s James Hansen Retires to Pursue Climate Fight (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22000810

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Biorefinery Lays Off Eastern Oregon Workers (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/biorefinery-lays-eastern-oregon-workers

Op/Ed – Oregon Lawmakers Should Extend the Clean Fuels Program (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/04/lawmakers_should_extend_the_cl.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Adding Hurdles to Most-Basic Cable-TV Service (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020672173_briercolumn91xml.html?syndication=rss

Court Clears Online TV Rebroadcaster - Aereo digitizes free signals of major networks for a fee (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/apr/02/court-clears-online-tv-rebroadcaster/

New Mexico - Navajo Nation Nearing Completion of $46 Million Broadband Project (Farmington Daily Times, NM)

http://www.daily-times.com/farmington-news/ci_22863325/navajo-nation-nearing-completion-46-million-broadband-project

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media Advice: Are Voicemails Verboten or Not? (National Public Radio)

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/01/175955812/social-media-advice-are-voicemails-verboten-or-not?ft=1&f=2

Social Networks: Building Empires, Not Businesses (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/04/01/social-networks-minyanville/2041801/

Hormel Hopes to Make Spam a Star with Social Media (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/31/hormel-hopes-to-make-spam-a-star-with-social-media/

Social Marketing Drives a New York Renaissance (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/business/media/social-marketing-drives-a-new-york-renaissance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Governor Proposes Extending Beer Tax to Microbreweries (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/21849690/inslee-proposes-extending-beer-tax-to-microbreweries

GENERAL NEWS

North Mason Food Bank Director Resigns (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/apr/01/north-mason-food-bank-director-resigns/

Flight Attendants Take ‘No Knives on Planes’ Campaign to Passengers (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/flight-attendants-no-knives-picketing-200890541.html

U-S to Re-Examine Health Effects of Cellphone Radio Waves (Reuters)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_22914807

Leaders celebrate San Juan Islands National Monument (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Leaders-celebrate-San-Juan-Islands-National-Monument-200920771.html

Shelton Drive-In Looking for Help to Keep Shows Running (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Shelton-drive-in-looking-for-help-to-keep-shows-running-200959261.html

DIVERSIONS

Dozens Shimmy, Shake to Protest Washington State Dance Tax

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Dozens-dance-on-Capitol-steps-to-protest-tax-201041101.html

Sea Lion Bobs Head to Backstreet Boys in Groundbreaking Study

http://mashable.com/2013/04/02/sea-lion-bobs-head-study/

‘Pawn Stars’ Offer Valuable Business Lessons

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/strauss/2013/04/01/steve-strauss-pawn-stars-deals/2041665/

‘New York Times’ Kicks Off Poetry Month with Haiku Tumblr

http://mashable.com/2013/04/01/new-york-times-haiku/

SONG OF THE DAY

Nat King Cole – Stardust

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZKwp6cjd4

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

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Energy News Digest for April 1, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Today’s The Day for Electrical Power Switch for East Jefferson County (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130401/news/304019997/today-8217-s-the-day-for-electrical-power-switch-for-east-jefferson

Sudden Large Smelt Run Likely Reason for High Numbers of Sea Lions Plying Lower Columbia River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/425794.aspx

Op/Ed - Water Has Power to Keep Creating Clean Energy (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/31/water-has-power-to-keep-creating-clean-energy/

Op/Ed - Initiative 937: People Power Means Clean Power for the People of Washington State - Washington’s clean-energy law is working to reduce the state’s carbon emissions (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2020671342_ronsimsopedxml.html?syndication=rss

Some Phone Companies Seek to End Landline Service - The companies say money spent maintaining the old infrastructure could be invested in technology upgrades (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/31/phone-companies-seek-to-end-landline-service/2038743/

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Today’s The Day for Electrical Power Switch for East Jefferson County
• Mason County PUD 3 Manager Retires
• After 17 Years, Proposed $800M Wyoming Power Plant Faces Skepticism It'll Ever Be Built
• Montana - Tester Holds Listening Session on Future of Columbia Falls Aluminum
• One Dead, Three Hurt by Nuclear Power Plant Accident at the Arkansas Number One Plant
• Arizona - Glendale PD: Man Electrocuted During Apparent Copper Theft Attempt
• Tennessee - Cable Wants Lower Pole Attachment Rate
• Nominee for Energy Secretary Lists Assets & Posts
• Sudden Large Smelt Run Likely Reason for High Numbers of Sea Lions Plying Lower Columbia River
• Shades of Mark Twain - Reports of Death of Branded California Sea Lion Premature; Found Sunning on Astoria Deck
• Union River Project Delayed As Money Runs Out
• Tribes’ Court Win May Flow Beyond Culvert Repairs to Protect Fish
• Measure of Snowpack Shows Plenty of Water for Snohomish County PUD
• Op/Ed - Water Has Power to Keep Creating Clean Energy
• Op/Ed - Initiative 937: People Power Means Clean Power for the People of Washington State
• Eric Christensen - The Pacific Northwest’s Wind Fleet Integration Struggles
• New England Renewable Energy a Hard Sell in Region
• Editorial - Consider All Options in Washington State Greenhouse-Gas Study
• Spread of Antarctic Ice: No Longer a Global Warming Paradox?
• Apocalypse Perhaps a Little Later
• April 21 - Earth Day on Oakland Bay
• Op/Ed - Going Paperless Not As Green As It Seems
• Some Phone Companies Seek to End Landline Service
• Should the Public or Private Sector Control Broadband?
• Devices Like Cable Boxes Figured in Internet Attack
• Social Marketing Practiced by Nike Is Fast, Furious
• Papers Worldwide Embrace Web Subscriptions
• Congress - House Democratic Leader to Join Kilmer for Roundtable with Kitsap Federal Workers
• Feds Want $18 Million Back from Timber Counties
• Names Released in North Shore Road Pedestrian Fatality
• Investigators: 'Extremely Lazy' Hood Canal Contract Mailman Buried Thousands of Letters
• Former Lake Forest Park Water-District Worker Accused of Embezzling
• Hearing on Appeal of Convicted Clallam Embezzler
• Metal Thefts Not a New Problem in Olympia Area
• Allergic to Pot: Couple Says Neighbors' Legal Grow Making Them Sick

WORD OF THE DAY

Balneology • \bal-nee-AH-luh-jee\ • Noun - The science of the therapeutic use of baths.

Jean-Paul Marat needed the refuge of his bath to ease his disease;

His balneology made him and easy mark;

His death in the tub made him immortal;

The legendary tub now a tourist attraction at Musée Grévin.

The French revolution reduced to banality.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Today’s The Day for Electrical Power Switch for East Jefferson County (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130401/news/304019997/today-8217-s-the-day-for-electrical-power-switch-for-east-jefferson

Mason County PUD 3 Manager Retires (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9729

After 17 Years, Proposed $800M Wyoming Power Plant Faces Skepticism It'll Ever Be Built (Associated Press)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/after-17-years-proposed-800m-wyoming-power-plant-faces-skepticism-it-ll-ever-be-built-1.100962

Montana - Tester Holds Listening Session on Future of Columbia Falls Aluminum (Flathead Beacon, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/sen._jon_tester_in_columbia_falls/32559/

One Dead, Three Hurt by Nuclear Power Plant Accident at the Arkansas Number One Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/o/story-fnd134gw-1226610154834

Arizona - Glendale PD: Man Electrocuted During Apparent Copper Theft Attempt (KNXV-TV, Glendale, AZ)

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_west_valley/glendale/glendale-pd-man-found-severely-burned-next-to-transformer

Tennessee - Cable Wants Lower Pole Attachment Rate: Tennessee Association says fees are highest in the state (Bristol Herald Courier, TN)

http://www.tricities.com/news/local/article_67bc5f6a-9a66-11e2-904d-0019bb30f31a.html

Nominee for Energy Secretary Lists Assets & Posts (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/business/energy-environment/nominee-for-energy-secretary-lists-assets-and-affiliations.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Sudden Large Smelt Run Likely Reason for High Numbers of Sea Lions Plying Lower Columbia River (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/425794.aspx

Shades of Mark Twain - Reports of Death of Branded California Sea Lion Premature; Found Sunning on Astoria Deck (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/03/reports_of_death_of_branded_ca.html

Union River Project Delayed As Money Runs Out (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/mar/30/union-river-project-delayed-as-money-runs-out/

Tribes’ Court Win May Flow Beyond Culvert Repairs to Protect Fish (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020684064_tribesculvertsxml.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Measure of Snowpack Shows Plenty of Water for Snohomish County PUD (Everett Herald, WA)

http://heraldnet.com/article/20130401/NEWS01/704019974/-1/news01

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Op/Ed - Water Has Power to Keep Creating Clean Energy (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/31/water-has-power-to-keep-creating-clean-energy/

Op/Ed - Initiative 937: People Power Means Clean Power for the People of Washington State - Washington’s clean-energy law is working to reduce the state’s carbon emissions (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2020671342_ronsimsopedxml.html?syndication=rss

Eric Christensen - The Pacific Northwest’s Wind Fleet Integration Struggles (Power Magazine)

http://www.powermag.com/issues/departments/commentary/The-Pacific-Northwests-Wind-Fleet-Integration-Struggles_5478.html

New England Renewable Energy a Hard Sell in Region (Associated Press)

http://bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2013/03/new_england_renewable_energy_a_hard_sell_in_region

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Editorial - Consider All Options in Washington State Greenhouse-Gas Study (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/mar/30/consider-all-options-in-state-greenhouse-gas-study/

Spread of Antarctic Ice: No Longer a Global Warming Paradox? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0401/Spread-of-Antarctic-ice-no-longer-a-global-warming-paradox

Apocalypse Perhaps a Little Later - Climate change may be happening more slowly than scientists thought. But the world still needs to deal with it (The Economist)

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21574490-climate-change-may-be-happening-more-slowly-scientists-thought-world-still-needs

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

April 21 - Earth Day on Oakland Bay (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/53316-earth-day-on-oakland-bay

Op/Ed - Going Paperless Not As Green As It Seems (Waste Management World)

http://www.waste-management-world.com/news/2013/03/29/wyatt-emmerich-going-paperless-not-as-green-as-it-seems.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Some Phone Companies Seek to End Landline Service - The companies say money spent maintaining the old infrastructure could be invested in technology upgrades (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/31/phone-companies-seek-to-end-landline-service/2038743/

Should the Public or Private Sector Control Broadband? (Governing – note that the article calls on FDR’s 1932 campaign speech in Portland regarding public or private utilities)

http://www.governing.com/columns/eco-engines/col-public-or-private-sector-who-controls-broadband.html

Devices Like Cable Boxes Figured in Internet Attack (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/technology/devices-like-cable-boxes-figured-in-internet-attack.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Marketing Practiced by Nike Is Fast, Furious (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2013/03/social_marketing_practiced_by_1.html

Papers Worldwide Embrace Web Subscriptions (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/business/media/more-newspapers-are-making-web-readers-pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Congress - House Democratic Leader to Join Kilmer for Roundtable with Kitsap Federal Workers (Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal, WA)

http://kpbj.com/business_daily/2013-04-01/house_democratic_leader_to_join_kilmer_for_roundtable_with_kitsap_federal_

Feds Want $18 Million Back from Timber Counties (Associated Press)

http://www.kgw.com/news/Feds-want-18-million-back-from-timber-counties-200725961.html

GENERAL NEWS

Names Released in North Shore Road Pedestrian Fatality (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9759

Investigators: 'Extremely Lazy' Hood Canal Contract Mailman Buried Thousands of Letters (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Investigators-Disgraced-mailman-caught-burying-thousands-of-letters-200596061.html

Former Lake Forest Park Water-District Worker Accused of Embezzling (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020671809_embezzlementindictmentxml.html

Hearing on Appeal of Convicted Clallam Embezzler (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/8607

Metal Thefts Not a New Problem in Olympia Area (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/03/29/2483747/metal-thefts-not-a-new-problem.html#emlnl=Newsletter_-_Daily_News_Digest

Allergic to Pot: Couple Says Neighbors' Legal Grow Making Them Sick (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Oregon-couple-allergic-legal-marijuana-grow-neighbors-200741801.html

DIVERSIONS

Signed Beatles Album Sgt. Pepper Sells for $290,000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21993483

Me-Ouch! Chicago Area Man's $100,000 Suit over Housecat Attack

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/me_ouch_chicago_area_man_suit_over_uplUskGbVY5usZU6pej7SO

Easter Bunny Pulled Over By California HP in La Mesa: Person in White Rabbit Suit Not Wearing Helmet

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/easter-bunny-pulled-over-by-california-hp-in-la-mesa-person-in-white-rabbit-suit-not-wearing-helmet

Phil Ramone Dies, Leaving 14-Grammy Legacy with Biggest Stars

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0330/Phil-Ramone-dies-leaving-14-Grammy-legacy-with-biggest-stars

SONG OF THE DAY

Tony Bennett/ Billy Joel - New York State of Mind (Produced by Phil Ramone – Grammy award in 2003 – Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - "Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEco5zfTWcQ

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Energy News Digest for March 29, 2013

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Retiring Manager Wyla Wood, Successor Named - Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for March 26, 2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1197

PUD Ready to Flip Switch in Jefferson (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130329/news/303299982/pud-ready-to-flip-switch-in-jefferson

Op/Ed - CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower & River Values (Mason County PUD No. 3 & PUD No. 1)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1196

Interior Rejects Bias Claim on Klamath Dams (Associated Press)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/viewart/20130328/UPDATE/130328034/Interior-rejects-bias-claim-Klamath-dams

Carbon Offsets Program Slammed by British Columbia’s Auditor General (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/27/bc-carbon-neutral-report.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Retiring Manager Wyla Wood, Successor Named - Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for March 26, 2013
• PUD Ready to Flip Switch in Jefferson
• Op/Ed - CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower & River Values
• Puget Sound Energy’s Green Rep Gets Black Eye
• Avista Rate Case Ok’d by Idaho PUC
• Coal Export Foes Vow to Fight Port Westward Industrial Park Expansion
• Is the U.S. Too Dependent on Natural Gas for Electricity?
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission Exempts Consumer-Owned Utilities from Dodd-Frank Rules 
• Study Links 2011 Quake to Technique at Oil Wells
• Japanese Utility Takes Blame for Nuclear Crisis
• Interior Rejects Bias Claim on Klamath Dams
• PacifiCorp Signs Over 400 Acres along Hood River for Restoration, Recreation
• Preparing for Zebra Mussels in the Pacific Northwest
• Rise in Bee Deaths Alarms Growers
• California Snow Survey Points to Dry Year
• New Front in Western Wind War: FERC Files Suit Against Idaho PUC, Second Suit Waits in Wings
• A Gust of Wind from D-C Helps the Economy
• Arizona Pro-Solar Group Formed to Battle Utilities
• Canadian Hydro-Power: Niagara Tunnel Now Fully Functional
• Op/Ed – New Hampshire: In the Name of Green Energy, Ratepayers Socked with Costly Bills
• Olympia ‘Passive House’ Creates More Energy than It Uses
• Thinking Of Replacement Windows for Your Home? Choose the Right High-Efficiency Window
• Colorado Co-ops Spotlight Efficiency
• Los Angeles Maps Electricity Use at the Block Level
• Editorial - Legislature Should Pass Sensible Bill to Conserve Energy, Water
• Carbon Offsets Program Slammed by British Columbia’s Auditor General
• Washington State Electric Car Bill Would Fine Drivers Who Park at Charging Stations
• Dairy Finds a Way to Let Cows Power Trucks
• Family Converts Forest into Source of Electricity
• Comcast Increasing Internet Speeds at No Additional Cost
• Video - Cheap Broadband Offered to 100 Million Underprivileged
• U-S Senate - Fischer Teams with Al Franken on Broadband Amendmen
• Cybersecurity & the Threat to Networked Business
• Survey Details Data Theft Concerns for U-S Firms in China
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• Washington State Legislature - MacEwen Chosen for Leadership Role on Capital Budget Committee
• Washington State Budget - Gov. Inslee Proposes Extension of Temporary Taxes
• Shelton Teen Arrested With BB Gun at School
• Whidbey Landslide May Have Started Moving in 2002
• Mason County Health Director Comments on Health Rankings
• Mariners Are Baseball’s 12th-Most Valuable Team
• Oregon Lawmakers Considering Reversing Ban on Native American Mascots
• Pot Consultant: ‘The World’s Going To Learn A Lot’ From Washington State
• Christians Mark Crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday

WORD OF THE DAY

Fuliginous • \fyoo-LIDJ-uh-nuss\ • Adjective - 1a: sooty b: obscure, murky 2: having a dark or dusky color

Barty was often flummoxed by the fuliginous comic references his co-worker Slartibartfast made regarding his previous life in some sort of city called Magrathea. He much preferred the comic references from his office-mate Moe, whose communications were (for some reason) peppered with much more accessible references to the “Three Stooges.”

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Retiring Manager Wyla Wood, Successor Named - Mason County PUD 3 Commission Report for March 26, 2013 (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1197

PUD Ready to Flip Switch in Jefferson (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130329/news/303299982/pud-ready-to-flip-switch-in-jefferson

Op/Ed - CleanHydro Highlights Hydropower & River Values (Mason County PUD No. 3 & PUD No. 1)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=1196

Puget Sound Energy’s Green Rep Gets Black Eye (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2013/03/26/environment/113508/puget-sound-energys-green-reputation-gets-black-ey/

Avista Rate Case Ok’d by Idaho PUC (Zack’s Equity Research)

https://ebiz.publicpower.org/APPAEbiz/ProductCatalog/Product.aspx?ID=4192

Coal Export Foes Vow to Fight Port Westward Industrial Park Expansion (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/03/coal_export_foes_vow_to_fight.html

Is the U.S. Too Dependent on Natural Gas for Electricity? (U-S News & World Report)

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/03/28/is-the-us-too-dependent-on-natural-gas-for-electricity

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Exempts Consumer-Owned Utilities from Dodd-Frank Rules (American Public Power Association)

http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppd/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=212872&issueID=26984

Study Links 2011 Quake to Technique at Oil Wells (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/science/earth/2011-oklahoma-quake-tied-to-wastewater-disposal-at-oil-wells.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Japanese Utility Takes Blame for Nuclear Crisis (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/energy/article/Japanese-utility-takes-blame-for-nuclear-crisis-4394067.php

FISH & WILDLIFE

Interior Rejects Bias Claim on Klamath Dams (Associated Press)

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/viewart/20130328/UPDATE/130328034/Interior-rejects-bias-claim-Klamath-dams

PacifiCorp Signs Over 400 Acres along Hood River for Restoration, Recreation (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/03/pacificorp_signs_over_400_acre.html

Preparing for Zebra Mussels in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://earthfix.opb.org/water/article/preparing-for-zebra-mussels-in-the-pnw/

Rise in Bee Deaths Alarms Growers (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/29/5301341/rise-in-bee-deaths-alarms-growersloss.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

California Snow Survey Points to Dry Year (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/28/5300469/snow-survey-points-to-dry-year.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

New Front in Western Wind War: FERC Files Suit Against Idaho PUC, Second Suit Waits in Wings (GTH Energy & Natural Resources Law Blog)

http://www.energynaturalresourceslaw.com/2013/03/new-front-in-western-wind-war-ferc-files-suit-against-idaho-puc-second-suit-waits-in-wings.html

A Gust of Wind from D-C Helps the Economy (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/28/wind-energy-gdp/2028229/

Arizona Pro-Solar Group Formed to Battle Utilities (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2013/03/28/arizona-pro-solar-group-formed-to.html

Canadian Hydro-Power: Niagara Tunnel Now Fully Functional (The Energy Collective)

http://theenergycollective.com/ecskris/203201/hydro-power-niagara-tunnel-now-fully-functional

Op/Ed – New Hampshire: In the Name of Green Energy, Ratepayers Socked with Costly Bills (Concord Monitor, NH)

http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/5343599-95/electricity-ratepayers-energy-solar

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Olympia ‘Passive House’ Creates More Energy than It Uses (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/03/28/2481165/passive-house-creates-more-energy.html#storylink=cpy

Thinking Of Replacement Windows for Your Home? Choose the Right High-Efficiency Window (Thurston Talk, Olymia, WA)

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/03/28/replacement-windows-olympia/

Colorado Co-ops Spotlight Efficiency (Electric Co-op Today)

http://www.ect.coop/efficiency-conservation/energy-efficiency/colorado-energy-efficient-project/54151

Los Angeles Maps Electricity Use at the Block Level (MIT Technology Review)

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512991/los-angeles-maps-electricity-use-at-the-block-level/

Editorial - Legislature Should Pass Sensible Bill to Conserve Energy, Water (Seattle Times, WA)

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2020663736_columndickieenvironmentxml.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Carbon Offsets Program Slammed by British Columbia’s Auditor General (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/27/bc-carbon-neutral-report.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Washington State Electric Car Bill Would Fine Drivers Who Park at Charging Stations (Oregonian, Portland, OR)

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/03/washington_electric_car_bill_w.html

Dairy Finds a Way to Let Cows Power Trucks (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/us/dairy-finds-way-to-let-cows-power-trucks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Family Converts Forest into Source of Electricity (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130328/NEWS01/703289947

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Comcast Increasing Internet Speeds at No Additional Cost (Vancouver Columbian, WA – assuming the current cost was appropriate to begin with…)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/29/comcast-increasing-internet-speeds-no-additional-c/

Video - Cheap Broadband Offered to 100 Million Underprivileged (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/03/28/connect2compete-digital-divide-underprivileged-cheap-interent-access/2029565/

U-S Senate - Fischer Teams with Al Franken on Broadband Amendment (Lincoln Jounral Star, NE)

http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/federal-politics/fischer-teams-with-al-franken-on-broadband-amendment/article_0e6c715a-fafd-52d5-ac9c-30825abfa138.html

Cybersecurity & the Threat to Networked Business (Forbes Magazine)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhawes/2013/03/27/cybersecurity-and-the-threat-to-networked-business/

Survey Details Data Theft Concerns for U-S Firms in China (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/business/global/survey-details-data-theft-concerns-for-us-firms-in-china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Study Reveals Adults Are Texting While Driving Even More than Teens (Mashable)

http://mashable.com/2013/03/28/texting-while-driving/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Legislature - MacEwen Chosen for Leadership Role on Capital Budget Committee (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9716

GENERAL NEWS

Washington State Budget - Gov. Inslee Proposes Extension of Temporary Taxes (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Gov-Inslee-proposes-extension-of-temporary-taxes-200477541.html

Shelton Teen Arrested With BB Gun at School (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5279

Whidbey Landslide May Have Started Moving in 2002 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/35-homes-evacuated-near-Whidbey-Island-landslide-200419841.html

Mason County Health Director Comments on Health Rankings (Mason Web-TV, Shelton, WA)

http://masonwebtv.com/archives/9709

Mariners Are Baseball’s 12th-Most Valuable Team (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2013/03/mariners-are-baseballs-12th-most.html

Oregon Lawmakers Considering Reversing Ban on Native American Mascots (KATU-TV, Portland, OR)

http://www.katu.com/politics/Lawmakers-considering-reversing-ban-on-Native-American-mascots-200552381.html

Pot Consultant: ‘The World’s Going to Learn a Lot’ from Washington State (Northwest Public Radio)

http://nwpr.org/post/pot-consultant-worlds-going-learn-lot-washington

Christians Mark Crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2013/03/christians_mark_crucifixion_of.html

DIVERSIONS

Hysteria Much? Tennessee Lawmakers Confuse Mop Sink for Muslim Foot-Washing Sink

http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20130325/NEWS02/303250057/TN-lawmakers-confuse-mop-sink-Muslim-foot-washing-sink

21-Ton Cheese Theft Ranks Among Biggest Recent Food Heists

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Cheese-Theft-is-the-Latest-in-String-of-Mysterious-Food-Heists-200459691.html

So Why Do We Get Goosebumps When We’re Cold or Scared?

http://gizmodo.com/5992748/so-why-do-we-get-goosebumps-when-were-cold-or-scared

Authorities Arrest Suspects In Porta-Potty Arsons

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/28/authorities-arrest-suspects-porta-potty-arsons/

SONG OF THE DAY

Lana Del Rey - Chelsea Hotel No 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj_myXdOLV0

LINKS & PAYWALL ADVISORY

All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.